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crashed pc

Updated 4. July 2008 - 5:56 by POSTALGUY

My pc crased and now Im getting amessege that my windows is not valid, Ive gonr to MS and down loaded updates beforeand never had any problems now what?

by tony on 23. July 2008 - 17:04  (4822)

I had this and you need to phone them. The first port of call is automated and you just punch in those numbers it will then tell you if it is a legit XP or not. If it sails through then your fine, just carry on. If however you have gotten a rogue XP and can't afford to pay then go Linux. If so try this site:
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

If however you have XP and its working you just have to have it without the updates. Just ensure you have all the security this site advices

Good luck

Tony
by chris.p on 23. July 2008 - 12:51  (4809)

Just my opinion, but a good policy is never allow MS updates. Just get the full SP when it comes out, then apply that. This works beautifully on XP but I don't know about Vista. For XP, just download the SP3 full version. For Vista, as Peter says, contact your vendor.

If you bought the OS as a manufacturer-installed operating system, this is called the OEM version and you have no contract with Microsoft - only the PC supplier can help. With an OEM version of Windows there is no MS warranty. If you bought the retail version, you have a contract with MS and they need to fix it.

chris.p
by peter on 4. July 2008 - 6:29  (3546)

I suppose the obvious question is "Do you have a valid licence?".
If yes, the usual answer is to contact MS Customer Support.

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